Congratulations to our graduate award winners!
ISU Teaching Exellence Award, for the top 10% of graduate students involved in teaching this year goes to: Mahsa Askary Hemmat, Jayme Brickley, Tien Tan Bui, Eunbyeol Gi, Amaya Jayaweera, Mansi Sharma, Daphne Patten, Sharifur Rahman, Benjamin Schelske, Aayushi Singh, Sarah Szakas, and Tristen Taylor.
(Pictured: Back row: Mansi Sharma, (), Daphne Patten, Benjamin Schelske, Eunbyeol Gi and Sarah Szakas, Front Row: Tien Tan Bui, Mahsa Askary Hemmat, Aayushi Singhe, Tristen Taylor, and Sharifur Rahman, Not Pictured: Jayme Brickley)
ISU Research Excellence Award, for the top 10% of the graduating class, this year goes to: Melisa Alkan, Andrew Paulson, and Xun Wu.
(Pictured: Andrew Paulson and Melisa Alkan, Not Pictured: Xun Wu)
Thanks to the generosity of individual and corporate sponsors, the Department of Chemistry is happy to be able to provide opportunities to recognize and award graduate students for their achievements in both academics and research. Below you will find a listing of the 2022 fellowship and award recipients.
The four finalists, for the Cotton-Uphaus Award were decided at the first Open House in March 2022. Finalist are chosen through a poster contest at Open House and the winner is selected after a set of oral presentations. Finalists: Liang-Yu Chen, Shashini De Silva, Tommy Johnson, Ernesto Soto, and Tristen Taylor. The winner was: Shashini De Silva.
(Pictured: Tristen Taylor, Liang-Yu Chen, Tommy Johnson, Ernesto Soto, and Shashini De Silva)
(Cotton-Upahus Award Winner: Shashini De Silva)
Althea Sleight Graduate Fellowship - Jiashan Mi
(Pictured: Jiashan Mi)
Edward V. Sayre Chemistry Scholarships - Foroogh Bahrami, Sujeewa Lamahewage, Arka Sarkar, and Mansi Sharma
(Pictured: Foroogh Bahrami, Mansi Sharma, Aarka Sarkar, and Sujeewa Lamahewage)
Women in Chemistry Award - Atreyee Mukhopadhyay, Umesha Peramune, and Bhawana Thapa
(Pictured: Atreyee Mukhopadhyay, Umesha Peramune, and Bhawana Thapa)
Klaus Ruedenberg Theoretical Chemistry Award - Daniel Del Angel Cruz
(Pictured: Daniel Del Angel Cruz)
David N. and Minnie I. Wall Graduate Scholarship - Benjamin Atterberry, Josiah Rensner, and Brendan Wall
(Pictured: Brenden Wall, Josiah Rensner, and Benjamin Atterberry)
Alpha Chi Sigma Research Award - Komadhie Dissanayake, Taylor Harville, Mason Koeritz, and Gayatri Viswanathan
(Pictured: Komadhie Dissanayake, Gayatri Viswanathan, and Mason Koeritz, Not Pictured: Taylor Harville)
Noble Hines Endowed Fellowship - Emily O’Brien
(Pictured: Emily O'Brien)
Witiak Graduate Fellowship - Aparna Krishnamurthy and Victoria Zeger
(Pictured: Victoria Zeger and Aparna Krishnamurthy)
The Pat Thiel Graduate Scholarship - Alison Roth
(Pictured: Alison Roth)
Joseph F. Nelson Scholarship - Eunbyeol Gi
(Pictured: Eunbyeol Gi)
Henry Gilman Fellowship - Seongyoung Kong
Arthur P. Hellwig Memorial Scholarship - Shashini De Silva, Stasia Harycki, Sarah Szakas, and Alexander Volkov
(Pictured: Shashini De Silva, Alexander Volkov, Stasia Harycki, and Sarah Szakas)
Congratulations to all our 2023 Award Winners!